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Articles 2821 through 2920 of 10500:
- Japan Wins Whale Vote, Greens Worried (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 20, 2006)
The International Whaling Commission narrowly voted on Sunday that a 20-year ban on commercial whale hunting no longer was necessary because marine mammals have recovered from near extinction.
- Predicting The Oil Peak (Business Line, Satish Kumar, Jun 20, 2006)
Analysing Hubbert's predictions of peak oil, which happens when 50 per cent of recoverable oil has been produced, SHANMUGANATHAN. N and SATISH KUMAR argue that rather than quibble about the actual peak oil date, the sooner the inevitability of . . .
- Agri-Health Synergy (Business Standard, Surinder Sud, Jun 20, 2006)
Closer ties between the agriculture and health sectors can be highly rewarding. It’s time we reorient related public policies.
- Contractual Collisions (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Systemic lack mars Mysore-B’lore expressway
- Farmer Suicides: Beyond The Obvious (Business Line, Arindam Banik, Jun 20, 2006)
Extension of highly regulated institutional banking services is not the sole means of realising economic efficiency and distributive justice as far as dealings in credit markets are concerned.
- Norway Opens Arctic Vault For Seeds (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 20, 2006)
It sounds like something from a science fiction film ~ a doomsday vault, dug into a frozen mountainside deep in an Arctic island’s permafrost that will serve as a Noah’s Ark for world seeds in case of a global catastrophe.
- Sri Lanka's Tamils Turn To Smugglers To Flee Conflict (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jun 20, 2006)
Maduraweeran Kantharajah was so desperate to flee conflict between Sri Lanka's government and Tamil Tiger rebels that he sold his furniture and wife's jewellery to pay smugglers to sail his family to India.
- Nepal Peace Deal Ignites Fresh Debate Over King's Role (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 20, 2006)
In the heat of Nepal's pro-democracy protests, in a swirl of smoke from burning tyres, demonstrators hung a rat from electricity wires and dangled a banner from its body declaring that King Gyanendra was dead.
- Bird Flu Outbreak In North China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
A new bird flu outbreak has been reported in north China's Shanxi Province, said sources with the Ministry of Agriculture here on Monday.
- Ethics Of Eating (Times of India, Peter Singer, Jun 20, 2006)
Global meat consumption is predicted to double by 2020. Yet in Europe and North America, there is growing concern about the ethics of the way meat and eggs are produced.
- Jd(s)-Bjp Standoff On Bmic Ends (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Janata Dal(Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) standoff on the Bangalore - Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) ended today but another issue cropped up in the state Assembly.
- Party Membership Grows To 71 Million In China (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The membership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has grown to 70.8 million by the end of 2005, according to the latest statistics of the party.
- Mexico And Its Sensible Choice (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
Something unusual is going on in Mexico — a normal presidential election. Mexico’s relatively new democratic institutions are not being strained, and are not at risk.
- Bjp Takes Middle Lane On Bmic Project (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka has come up with a middle-path formula for the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project after its ruling partner the Janata Dal (S) backed down from a move to initiate a government takeover . . .
- Green Alarm In Nilgiris; Sc Panel Finds Evidence (Indian Express, G. ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Jun 20, 2006)
The lush green canopy on the Nilgiris in Nilambur, a bio-diversity hotspot on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, was the starting point of environmental litigation in India. In 1996, it was on a petition by TN Godavarman Thirumulpad, a descendant of the . . .
- Into An Era Of Water Governance (Indian Express, Maxine Olson, Jun 20, 2006)
Rising populations, disregard of environmental resources and their mismanagement have put huge pressure on water supplies.
- Strikes: Handing The Baton? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 20, 2006)
The Left-led all-India protests against the fuel price hike makes the headlines in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- Missing Indus Water (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 20, 2006)
A recent report in an English-language daily reported the loss of about 20,000 cusecs of water between Taunsa and Guddu.
- The Mask Slips, The Real Cm Revealed (Deccan Herald, Venkat Krishnan, Jun 20, 2006)
After all the hype about H D Kumaraswamy being a 'people's CM', his original face is slowly becoming visible
- Uma Bharti's Party To Have Reservation For Women, Dalits And Obcs (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Bharatiya Janashakti president Uma Bharti said here on Monday that she had formed the party to provide "alternative politics" since the main parties like the Congress, the BJP and the Left had not only failed to solve people's problems but . . .
- Labour Reform Pains (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 20, 2006)
The Planning Commission's proposal to radically overhaul India's antiquated labour law cannot but gladden industry and investors, not least because the Industrial . . .
- Us Soldier’S Mother Fears For His Safety In (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
In his calls and notes from Iraq, Army Pfc Kristian Menchaca told relatives about his dangerous assignment at military checkpoints. His family is now hoping for the 23-year-old Houston soldier’s safe return after learning he was one of two . . .
- Childhood Memories (Hindu, Sarojini Premchand, Jun 20, 2006)
In this novel, the author's first, the story is told from the perspective of a seven year-old girl,Vardhani.
- Samajwadi Party To Announce Its Stance On Bmic Project Soon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
It will be announced after going through the documents, says Bangarappa
- Bjp Not For Takeover Of Entire Bmic Project: Venkaiah Naidu (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
Party wants excess land returned to farmers
Controversy won't affect stability of government: Naidu Coordination committee to discuss the subject NICE advised not to politicise issue
- Free And Unstable (Telegraph, S.L. Rao, Jun 19, 2006)
The author is former director-general, National Council for Applied Economic Research.
- Msp Should Be The Distress Price (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 19, 2006)
The government’s proposal to buy food grain at market rates for its PDS when the procurement is low, as with wheat this year, is welcome.
- Year Of The Farmer (Tribune, M.S. Swaminathan, Jun 19, 2006)
To restore farmers’ faith in farming, the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has recommended that the agricultural year 2006-07 (June 1, 2006, to May 31, 2007) may be observed as the Year of the Farmers.
- Revisiting Syria’S History (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, Jun 19, 2006)
The sun rises at 4.30 am. It is already high by 7.30 and will fade only at 7.45 in the evening.
- Ships Of The Old Block (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 19, 2006)
The recent appointment of Roshan Goonatilleke as Sri Lanka’s airforce chief is the first instance in world aviation history of a son following in his father’s career flight path, even though it has been a while since Harry Goonatilleke commanded . . .
- Power Scenario In States (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 19, 2006)
Availability and costs are crucial parameters
- Regulation Must Keep Pace With Markets (The Financial Express, Sucheta Dalal, Jun 19, 2006)
Regulators and laws are still to address the issues posed by e-wallet, an already launched product
- Nepal: Peace In The Offing? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jun 19, 2006)
The agreement reached between the Nepalese government and the rebel Maoists on Friday would have been unimaginable a few months ago when the people had yet to take to the streets against the country’s autocratic monarchy.
- Sonia: Replicate Rae Bareli Victory (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Jun 19, 2006)
Says it will decide whether rule of law will prevail in State
Accuses State Government of obstructing development of Rae Bareli
Rahul Gandhi assures speedy development and resolution of water scarcity
- Medha Patkar Alleges Conspiracy To Crush Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 19, 2006)
"Time has come for political parties to take a position on equitable development" "If you get power from big dams, but have no farm land how would you feed growing population?"
"World Bank now wants land-for-land policy to be finished"
Shunglu . . .
- Nepal Peace Deal Hinges On Trust, Maoist Guns (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Jun 19, 2006)
The pace of change has been as breathtaking as the Himalayan scenery. In just a few short weeks, Nepal has rediscovered democracy and brought 10 years of civil war tantalisingly close to an end.
- Session: Coalition Faces Nice Rage (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
It is not going to be a “nice” time for the ruling JD (S)-BJP combine in the legislature session commencing on Monday. The Opposition Congress is all set to exploit the differences between.....
- To Save Government, Gowda, Son Back Off (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 19, 2006)
The Janata Dal (Secular), coalition partners of the BJP in the Karnataka government, has backed down on its move to push through legislation for government takeover of the Bangalore Myore Infrastructure Corridor Project, the country’s first private . . .
- Five Killed, Lanka On Brink Of War (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Tamil villagers, terrified by an approaching Sri Lankan government patrol, sought shelter on Sunday in the same church where they say they had been when soldiers had fired at them a day before.....
- Jd (S) Launches Ad Blitz Against Nice (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Launching a campaign against Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), the JD (S) has issued an advertisement in the media alleging that the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) are planning to illegally . . .
- Poojary Sure Of Jd(s)-Bjp Coalition’S Safe Delivery (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Though members of the JD (S) and BJP may have concern about the future of the coalition government in the wake of the difference over BMIC project, senior Congress leader and MP Janardhana Poojary is optimistic that the government will complete . . .
- Manmohan May Have To Labour On Policy (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 19, 2006)
The approach papers of the XIth Plan requires the UPA Government to undertake a range of politically sensitive measures to achieve the objective of high growth target.
- Indo-Jap Deal Holds Productive Promise (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 19, 2006)
If commerce minister Kamal Nath’s statements in Tokyo are any indication, the proposed trade agreement with Japan will mark a distinct shift from the free-trade agreements India has favoured with other countries.
- Rs. 8.11-Cr. Action Plan For Dakshina Kannada (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Training programme conducted on cashew and ginger cultivation
- Three Cheers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 19, 2006)
Drowning your sorrows in the cup that cheers - or, for that matter, celebrating by passing the cup around - can cost a pretty penny in this country, unless tipplers settle for what is quaintly referred to as 'Indian Made Foreign Liquor' and more . . .
- Crime And Punishment (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
The recent involvement of a high profile deceased politician's son in a case of drug abuse has focussed attention on the problem and sale of narcotics in the country.
- Rs. 2.86 Crore Nabard Aid For Kodagu Distrcit (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Development works to be taken up under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
Rs. 2.31 crore would be utilised to improve five roads
Rs. 30.4 lakh would be used to construct classrooms in pre-university colleges
State Government urged to . . .
- Prices: Cpi (M), Sp To Continue Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Asking States to reduce ST on petrol, diesel wrong: Karat
Left-run States to reduce sales tax on fuel after Centre rolls back hike
Left parties to discuss support to UPA next month
- India, Pakistan To File Joint Application For Basmati Gi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
GI registration helped the brand and prevented copying Brand protection to be sought in Europe, U.S.
28 products have been registered in India in the last one-year
Panel to evolve price stabilisation mechanism for plantation sector
Nabard to . . .
- Government To Clarify Its Stand On Bmic Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Facts will be placed before the public: Cheluvaraya Swamy Facts will be made public: Cheluvaraya Swamy
Charges
Framework agreement was changed by Krishna government
Agreement has been grossly violated
This has caused injustice to farmers
- Tahdco Action Plan Envisages Rs.154.19-Lakh Subsidy (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
To 5,112 beneficiaries during the current fiscal year in Tuticorin district
- Panamarathupatti Lake To Be Made A Tourist Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Civic body proposes to convert it into an eco park
- The Patriarch (Statesman, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Jun 18, 2006)
THE cabinet of the seventh Left Front government has excess baggage of 14 if the prescribed norm of 10 per cent of the 294-strong state legislature is taken into account.
- Urban Ecology (Daily Excelsior, Dr Pragya Khanna, Jun 18, 2006)
Healthy forests, streams, and wetlands contribute to clean air and clean water by enabling impurities to settle out or be converted to harmless compounds by plants or soil.
- Facing Up To The Indian Challenge (Dawn, Anwar Kemal, Jun 18, 2006)
Coping with the challenge of India on several fronts — strategic, economic, cultural, psychological and more recently technological .
- Sonia In Attack Mode (Tribune, Shahira Naim, Jun 18, 2006)
Lashing out at the Mulayam government for removing Rae Bareli from the VIP list for uninterrupted power supply a day after her victory, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked “kya yeh insaaf hai?”
- Lankan Forces Fire At Villagers, Killing 5 (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2006)
Sri Lankan government forces stormed a church on Saturday where about 200 Tamil civilians had sought shelter, shooting indiscriminately in the building and around the surrounding village in an attack that killed five people and injured 47, witnesses said.
- Desertification In India (Daily Excelsior, G V Joshi, Jun 17, 2006)
There are two deserts in India. The Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) is a desert mainly located in the State of Rajasthan in northwest India. It continues into Pakistan as the Cholistan Desert.
- Fishing In Troubled Up Waters (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, Jun 17, 2006)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, a former Prime Minister and father of Mandalisation of upcountry politics, is back at it.
- Ominous Signs For Upa Government (Daily Excelsior, Kedar Nath Pandey, Jun 17, 2006)
The Congress-led UPA government is in trouble as its allies are pulling in different directions.
- Tarn Taran Is 19th District Of Punjab (Tribune, Varinder Walia, Jun 17, 2006)
Tarn Taran was formally made the 19th district of the state to mark the 400th martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev here today.
- Dole Scheme Launched In U.P. (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Rs. 500 a month to 7,66,352 registered unemployed graduates and post-graduates
If voted back to power, SP will hike allowance to Rs. 1,000: Mulayam
"Despite Centre's non-cooperation, SP had set a model"
SP sponsored most beneficiaries under scheme:
- Nice To Invite Ministers To Second Stretch Inauguration (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Expressing regret over the absence of representatives from the State Government at the inauguration of the Peripheral Ring Road, managing director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) Ashok Kheny said on Friday that the government . . .
- Reform Financial System For Growth (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jun 17, 2006)
India’s economy is growing fast: real GDP has risen on average by 7% over the past three years. The economy could grow even faster, however, if the country had a stronger financial system.
- Centre To Buy Foodgrains At Market Rates For Pds (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 17, 2006)
New policy formulation to make up shortfall; it will be an "open-ended" intervention, says Sharad Pawar Government to have a long-term policy to first procure foodgrains for the PDS at the minimum support price set by the Agriculture Commission . . .
- Pro-Poor Policy Shift In Governance (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
Governor's address says State mulls quasi-judicial body to help farmers in debt
Special attention to marginalised sections of society
Efforts to be made to mobilise additional resources
IT, biotechnology, tourism new growth sectors
Public . . .
- Sindh Budget (News International, Editorial, The News International, Jun 17, 2006)
Sindh's senior minister Syed Sardar Ahmad presented a Rs193.1 billion budget for fiscal 2006-07 before the Sindh Assembly on Thursday.
- An `Interest'ing Us Is Draining For India (Business Line, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jun 17, 2006)
Foreign investors have exited Indian markets to avail themselves of the American bonanza
- Bjp, Jd(s) Clash On Mysore Highway Takes A Caste Turn (Indian Express, JOHNSON T A, Jun 17, 2006)
JD(S) National President H D Deve Gowda’s efforts to get the BJP national leadership to convince its Karnataka unit to toe his party’s line on the takeover of the country’s first private roadway project, the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor . . .
- Pawar Ploy To Enter Bajaj In Rajya Sabha Fits Upa Allies’ Gameplan (Indian Express, Inder Malhotra, Jun 17, 2006)
Once Sharad Pawar played his cards with his usual skill, outsmarting the Congress, the entry of Rahul Bajaj—one of the captains of industry and Pawar’s long-time personal friend—into Rajya Sabha had become a foregone conclusion.
- From 'India Shining' To 'India Snorting' (News International, Praful Bidwai, Jun 17, 2006)
The writer, a former newspaper editor, is a researcher and peace and human-rights activist based in Delhi
- Buddha Says Behave, Kamala Gets Boot (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 17, 2006)
On a day the Bengal chief minister warned police and government officials against misbehaving with the poor, the 65-year-old widow of a small farmer was driven out of a police station where she went to lodge a complaint against a landlord.
- Ngos Oppose Bt-Brinjal (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Jun 17, 2006)
The possible entry of genetically modified brinjal in India as the first GM food crop is unlikely to be a smooth affair, as non-governmental organizations have started hectic lobbying against the transgenic brinjal .....
- Grain Exports And Imports: A Losing Game (Tribune, S.S. Johl, Jun 17, 2006)
India is moving on the fast track in integrating its economy with that of the world. But it seems as if the hidden objective of the decision makers in exporting 35.6 million tons of food grains during the five years ending September 2005, and . . .
- "Heroin Being Manufactured In The Valley" (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , Jun 17, 2006)
Delhi police are probing if the case has a narco-terrorism angle to it
"Poppy cultivation has become a lucrative business in and around Pulwama"
"Initial examination reveal that heroin's quality does not match with the one smuggled in from Afghanistan
- Politics Above Law (Tribune, Inder Malhotra, Jun 16, 2006)
Recent goings-on in the country remind me of a saying in the United States, popular during the prohibition era there, “The administration’s folly makes you feel like crying into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into”.
- The Road Not Built (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
THE Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project should have been a highway and business infrastructure project that should have moved from concept to completion in quick time.
- Rich States Hold Key To Wto Industry Deal - India (Reuters, Richard Waddington, Jun 16, 2006)
Rich nations hold the key to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) deal on industrial goods, India's lead negotiator said on Thursday, rejecting calls for the developing states to move first.
- Can We Afford To Sacrifice Nama At Wto Altar? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 16, 2006)
Considering the fact that industrial and consumer products still account for more than 75 per cent of global trade, negotiations on industrial goods or NAMA assume importance, more so, as in the recent WTO talks, agricultural market access hogged the . .
- Surplus Punjab Budget (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jun 16, 2006)
A Rs 274 billion tax-free, surplus and development oriented Punjab budget was presented in the provincial assembly in Lahore on Wednesday for the year 2006-07 with the total expenditure of Rs 191.38 billion.
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